Top Cop fires back at Berbice Magistrate who described Police investigators as “pack of jokers”

A Berbice Magistrate is coming under fire after he allegedly described Police investigators as a “pack of jokers” during a Court case yesterday. The Springlands Magistrate reportedly made the remark during the appearance of an alleged high seas pirate who is facing several murder charges. There was reportedly some confusion in the courtroom with regards […]

No record of “official departure” for thousands of Cubans and Haitians who came to Guyana in last five years

Over 17,000 Cubans and 5000 Haitians who entered Guyana between 2013 and April 2018 are unaccounted for, according to an official correspondence from Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix. The revelation has prompted the Parliamentary Opposition to call on the Government to launch a serious investigation into the possibility of human trafficking. Felix wrote the Parliamentary […]

18 months in Jail for APNU+AFC Region Five Councillor convicted of wounding plantain chip vendor

APNU+AFC Region Five Councillor, Abel Seetaram will be spending the next eighteen months in jail after being found guilty of felonious wounding. The 36-year-old man was handcuffed and handed over to Prison authorities this afternoon in Berbice after the Magistrate handed down the sentence. The sentence came following a probation report. His Attorney was hoping […]

Father and son remanded to jail over murder of Stabroek vendor

Just days before Father’s Day, a father and his son found themselves before the Chief Magistrate facing a murder charge. The two will now spend Father’s Day in jail.  54-year-old, James McKenzie and his 21-year-old son, Timothy McKenzie, who both worked as bus conductors, stood before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan this afternoon and were not […]